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Just because the soviet union did something doesn't mean that's what's happening here. Look at the facts... 1. Mr. Danchev took pictures to "prove" his apart
by TomOfTTB 16y ago
Just because the soviet union did something doesn't mean that's what's happening here. Look at the facts...
1. Mr. Danchev took pictures to "prove" his apartment was bugged (http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/we-need-help-with-the-strange-disappearance-of-dancho-danchev/7897 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/we-need-help-with-the-str...) yet the pictures prove no such thing (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2106735 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2106735)
Some have speculated the two cables underneath MIGHT power a bug but I consider that unlikely since it's much easier to get power from inside the wall. Regardless it's not proof of any kind.
2. Mr. Danchev hadn't really published anything damaging to the Bulgarian government (see his writings here: http://ddanchev.blogspot.com/ http://ddanchev.blogspot.com/). Why try to discredit someone who hasn't said anything to discredit yet?
3. If the Bulgarian government was trying to discredit him for some reason why wasn't his commitment more widely publicized? If you read the original post you'll see ZDNet spent months trying to find what happened to him before posting this and even now the hospital won't confirm he's there for confidentiality reasons
4. If you look at his LinkedIn profile (http://nl.linkedin.com/in/danchodanchev http://nl.linkedin.com/in/danchodanchev) you'll see he's about 26 years old. If you look into Paranoid Schizophrenia you'll see the average onset is age 15-25 (http://www.schizophrenia.com/szfacts.htm http://www.schizophrenia.com/szfacts.htm)
So lets not jump to unfounded conclusions here.
- netman21 16y agoI thought of number 4 also. Had a friend come down with paranoid Schizophrenia at just this age.
- abraham 16y agore #2: Just because someone has not yet published anything damaging does not mean they don't have damaging information that could be published at anytime. It is not unreasonable that parties at risk of being damaged could preemptive actions to discredit.
- TomOfTTB 16y agoFair Point.